Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 6 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 5 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her policies for fiscal devolution in relation to income tax on trends in the level of funding for local authorities.
Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
At her Mais Lecture, the Chancellor committed to work with mayors, businesses and other stakeholders to develop a fiscal devolution roadmap, to be published at the Budget, setting out plans to give regional leaders control over the allocation of a share of some national taxes.In developing the roadmap, the Government has engaged extensively with mayors, businesses, think tanks and other external experts to consider the potential impacts of different approaches to fiscal devolution and inform policy development.
As set out at the Mais Lecture, this work includes considering income tax alongside other taxes. Reforms will support growth while maintaining fiscal responsibility, with appropriate equalisation and safeguards to manage revenue volatility.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 10 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 14 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 13 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 12 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.
Asked by: Blake Stephenson (Conservative - Mid Bedfordshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to adopt Recommendation 11 of the report Backdoors to Britain, published by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on 4 March 2026.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The Government keeps the immigration system under review.